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terminal leaves united. Head flattened, clypeus high but not 

 reaching vertex, brownish luteous, the sutures of clypeus brown, 

 mouth brown, eye black with a blackish line along the lower an 

 gle of cheeks ; width .5 mm. Body cylindrical, plump, incisures 

 distinct and a little folded ; cervical shield large, incised at the 

 posterior angles, shining brownish luteous. Body yellowish, 

 moderately opaque, food faintly green. Segments not distinctly 

 annulate, shining, subventral fold moderate, joints 12 and 13 

 tapering, anal plate scarcely cornified but setose. Tubercles 

 minute, brownish, setae pale and obscure except at the extremi 

 ties. Tubercle i dorsad to ii ; iii above and before the small, 

 round, brown-rimmed spiracle ; iv -f v anteriorly on the subven 

 tral fold, one obliquely above and before the other; vi poste 

 riorly on the lower subventral fold ; vii of three setae in a triangle 

 on the anterior leg base. On joints 3 and 4, ia and ib separate, 

 iia -(- iib, iv -f v, vi single. Skin minutely granular. Feet small, 

 normal, crochets of those of joints 7 to 10 in a complete circle, of 

 13 on the anterior half of the planta. 



See remarks under Tortrix ivana the larva? of which may re 

 semble this. 



Gclechia sp. Five captured examples, representing five dif 

 ferent species, are so labelled by Mr. Busck. 



Ypsolophus eupatoriella Chamb. (dolabella Zell.) Was col 

 lected at light. 



Ypsolophus sp. An example at light. 



Trichotaphe melantherella Busck. The handsome and very 

 active larvae of this species occurred on the Melanthera deltoidea 

 growing in grassy places. The larva lives solitary in a leaf sewed 

 up with white stitches, once folded, not rolled. It feeds through 

 to the lower epidermis. At the slightest touch the larva rushes 

 out part way from one end of the leaf shaking its head rapidly 

 with the throacic feet extended in a fierce attitude, which is inten 

 sified by its bright colors. On further disturbance, the larva will 

 spring to the ground very actively, even leaping when actually 

 touched. The young larva has the head luteous, eye black. 

 Body all whitish, food green, a faint orange shade on joints 3 to 

 6, darkest on joints 5 and 6. Setae black, tubercles obsolete. In 

 the last stage the mature colors are definitely assumed. Head 

 elongate, smooth, the vertex under joint 2 ; clypeus moderate but 

 the paraclypeal pieces reach vertex ; antennae rudimentary ; brown, 

 shaded with black on the vertex and posterior angles ; mouth 

 dark, ocelli pale on a black ground ; width .7 mm. Body slen 

 der, flattened, moliliform, tapering posteriorly, joints 3 and 4 

 somewhat collared. Thoracic feet large, angularly jointed, black ; 

 abdominal ones small, normal, slender, stretched out laterally, 

 the circle of crochets broken on the outer side narrowly. Cervi 

 cal shield large, brownish, broadly black edged posteriorly later- 



